Letters to the Editor

Global warming

With global warming, we all tend to blame motor transport, heavy industry and agriculture. The one person we don't tend to blame is ourselves. We all unwittingly... Read More

Covid advice

Who remembers this song from the 40s? 'You've got to accentuate the positive, Eliminate the negative, Latch on to the affirmative, Don't mess with Mister... Read More

Misleading

Margaret Murray-Benge is sadly mislead if she thinks that Stuart Crosby does good (The Weekend Sun, October 8). The true situation is that in July, Stuart, in his... Read More

Hospital admission criteria

In this Covid era, there are many stories about hospitals being overwhelmed with non-vaccinated Covid sufferers, to the detriment of non-acute admissions. Surely... Read More

Higher vaccination

I am no doctor, just a retired person with a little common sense and a few hard lessons under the belt. The way I see it, Covid-19 is like a world-wide bush fire. If... Read More

Three Waters charade

It's obvious now that the Minister of Local Government has no intention of allowing councils to opt out of her Three Waters takeover. This remarkable person has... Read More

Thank you Stuart Crosby

The Local Government Association is opposing the loss of the Three Waters (drinking water, stormwater, waste water) assets proposed by government. This is the most... Read More

Waiting for MIQ

I would have hoped by now the government would understand that the only way New Zealand will be able to manage Covid-19/Delta is through vaccinating, taking advantage... Read More

Te reo week

It seems this last week of te reo has been enjoyed by a lot of people. So it is a shame to read and hear that in the past, the Māori language was not taught and... Read More

Mask exemption

[In response to The Weekend Sun page 3 story, titled ‘Call to stop mask exempt bullying' on September 17]. I, too, am unable to wear a mask due to emphysema.... Read More

Cheap as chips

Asphalt or chip seal. We had asphalt and now have chip. It is noisy, spreads across grass verges we mow with a mulching mower, goes on footpaths, up driveways, into... Read More

A smidge of common sense

It's just been confirmed. One should never use the words ‘common sense' and Tauranga City Council in the same sentence. Having not collected the glass bin... Read More